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Furman professor: Read to Succeed retention policy ‘a disaster’

Provisions of South Carolina's Read to Succeed Act may lead to grade retention this school year for many third graders. Through Read to Succeed, thousands of South Carolina students attend summer reading camps, go on...

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Paintings by Liz Rundorff Smith on display in Thompson Gallery

Paintings by Liz Rundorff Smith will be on display in Thompson Gallery, Roe Art Building, Aug. 1-25. Rundorff Smith, who is Art School Director for Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA), will present a talk...

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Furman addresses connection to slave owners

Furman University is among many universities embarking on a quest to understand historical ties to slavery. In an article appearing in the Greenville Journal, Cindy Landrum starts at the beginning - with Furman namesakes, Richard...

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Bridges to a Brighter Future outreach program names new class

Twenty-six Greenville County high school students have been invited to participate in Bridges to a Brighter Future at Furman University, a program whose mission is to give students the tools and support they need to...

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OLLI at Furman accepting applications for Senior Leaders Greenville

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman is accepting applications through June 9 for Class 4, Senior Leaders Greenville. Launched in 2013, Senior Leaders Greenville is a program designed for adults 55 and up...

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Conflicts over Confederate names and symbols likely to continue

Paul Hyde of The Greenville News spoke with three South Carolina experts about the heated debate swirling around Confederate symbols and names. Sparking local discussion is a local high school named for Confederate lieutenant general...

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EES professor Muthukrishnan awarded Fulbright scholarship

[caption id="attachment_32175" align="alignright" width="300"] Known by many as the "warm heart of Africa," Malawi is in the southeast part of the continent. Map courtesy of Google Maps.[/caption] Suresh Muthukrishnan, Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental...

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Why Germany has boring politics

Furman graduates Claire Greenstein (Class of 2011) and Brandon Tensley (Class of 2012) have authored their fourth article for Foreign Affairs, a publication of the Council on Foreign Relations. In it, the writers explain why...

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Black power and the rise of Trumplandia

Furman University Education professor Paul Thomas draws from his formative years in the 1960s and 1970s to inform the opinion piece he penned for the HuffPost. In it, Thomas compares "black power" as it appeared...

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Furman recognizes Corporate Sustainability Fellows

The Center for Corporate and Professional Development at Furman University recently recognized three local executives as 2017 Corporate Sustainability Fellows. They are: David Bereskin (CEO, Greenville Water) Ron Cotterman (Vice President of Sustainability, Sealed Air)...

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